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Entries from February 2010

Sunday in the Park with Bello: Dog Days

February 28th, 2010 · No Comments · Commentary

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While he is no gourmand, my office staff of one, namely, Bello, provides free-spirited conversations relating chiefly to food.  It is, I think it fair to say, his main preoccupation.  Discussions, which tend to be one-sided, I’ll admit, nonetheless provide …

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Red Tide is Coming! Red Tide is Coming!

February 27th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Commentary

I’m sorry to say that red tide may be returning this spring and summer to New England.  In 2005, red tide showed up off the coast of New England.  The result?  A ban on shellfish.  Costly to the already beleaguered …

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Good Food & Bad Food and Boston’s North End

February 26th, 2010 · No Comments · Commentary

What Duke Ellington said about music applies to food: “There are only two kinds of music.  Good music and bad music.”

Most days I don’t eat anything prepared outside my home.  It wasn’t always like that.  Back in the day, …

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India and Pakistan Hold Talks: Curry Conflict To Be Resolved?

February 25th, 2010 · No Comments · Commentary

Something I never quite understood until recently is why we have many Indian restaurants in this country, but so few Pakistani or Bengladeshi.  That’s hardly the case in the U.K. where one sees Pakistani curry shops next door to those …

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